Agenda

Unidata Policy Committee

16-17 May 2005
Boulder, Colorado
Unidata Conference Room (FL4, Room 1318)

Monday, 16 May 2005

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:15 Administrative Matters (Wetzel)

• Review October 2004 Meeting Notes
• New Member Selection Process

8:30 Review of October 2004 Action Items

• Action Item 1: The committee recommends that the UPC include copies of a recent monthly newsletter in the Unidata booth at both the AGU and AMS meetings. (Done)
• Action Item 2: Oceanography and coastal weather will be the focus for the Spring 05 meeting. (Agenda Item)
• Action Item 3: Hold orientation session for new members prior to or following the May meeting.
• Action Item 4: The May meeting will include an agenda item and discussion of tools and software support. (Agenda Item)
• Action Item 5: The committee recommends that the Users Committee examine and discuss the Table of Priorities and discuss prioritization of the items it contains (Discussion underway)
• Action Item 6: The Policy Committee will collaborate with the Program Center to develop a metric measurement method. (Initial steps taken.)

8:45 Status Reports

Director's Report (Ramamurthy)
Budget Report (Graham)

9:45 Committee Report

Users Committee Report (Steenburgh)

10:00 Break

10:15 Agency Reports

NSF (Jacobs)
NASA (Goodman)
NWS (Spayd)

12:15 Lunch

1:30 Metrics/Evaluation Strategy (Wetzel, Ramamurthy)

• Policy Committee Initiative Report (Wetzel)
• UPC Activity (Ramamurthy)

2:30 Using Unidata Data to Collaborate with the Astronomy Community

2:00 Unidata's Evolving Collaboration with the Oceanographic and Coastal Waters Community (Bogden coordinating)

1:40 Overview of the Community (Bogden)

• IOOS (Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System)
• DMAC (Data Management and Communications)

2:30 Discussion

• Questions
  • Unidata's role in these initiatives?
  • Opportunities for collaboration, partnerships and funding
    • Identify the potential for gaining access to new datasets, middleware, and tools that would benefit the Unidata community?
    • Technical development: can Unidata datasets/datastreams, middleware, and tools benefit those projects?

5:00 Adjournment

6:00 Working dinner at:

Mesa Lab, Damon Room (Committee members, UPC staff)

Tuesday 17 May--Joint with Unidata Users Committee
EOL Atrium (FL1, Room 1318)

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Introductions/Stage Setting

8:45 Software and Support (Rew)

Support Taskforce Report (Yoksas)

9:45 Break

10:00 SSEC: McIDAS Transition Plans (Ackerman and Whittaker)

11:00 Metrics/Evaluation Strategy Discussion

11:45 Adjournment

Address questions or comments to Jo Hansen at jhansen@ucar.edu